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Economics Is Not a Science

Economics is not a science and there is far too much advocacy without certainty on the part of economists; the 'Econ 101' that drives policy is not the textbooks but the oversimplified vision—often with a right-of-center bias—that all activities can be done by for-profit firms in competitive markets, which politicians invoke as if all economists agree.

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Speaker

Michael Lind

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economics is not a science and that there's way too much advocacy without certainty on the part of economists

Source

Michael Lind on LibertarianismEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:32 AM

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